Europe Vatican City In his address to business leaders and entrepreneurs gathered for the 27th World Congress of UNIAPAC, Pope Francis urged members to use their God-given gifts to work towards a more caring and inclusive economy
Europe Vatican City On 12 October 1962, day two of the Second Vatican Council and amid the unfolding crisis, Pope John XXIII addressed diplomats accredited to the Holy See, urging them to listen to “the anguished cry” for peace rising from the world
Europe Vatican City The Holy See has deposited its instrument of accession to the 1992 UN Framework Convention and the Paris Agreement signed in 2015 at the UN Secretariat and is organising an event in the Vatican to mark the occasion
Europe Vatican City Cardinal Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See, spoke to the UN “Transforming Education Summit” in New York to address crucial issues in global education after the pandemic, and relaunched call for a Global Pact for Education
Europe Vatican City Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, got shot at yesterday as he was delivering humanitarian aid in Pope Francis’ name near Zaporizhzhia, Ukrain; unscathed, he continued his mission
Europe Vatican City Today starts a new unitary policy for the financial investments of the Holy See and the Vatican State; the Investment Policy aims at generating enough return to support the activities of the Holy See through investments aligned with the Church's teachings
Europe Vatican City The Vitae Global Foundation will hold its first summit meeting today and tomorrow; Pope Francis is expected to take part in a portion of the summit while world-renowned artists will get together to help start a cultural transformation for the common good
Europe Vatican City In an address at the 10th UN Review Conference of the Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons the Vatican’s Head of Delegation underlined the Holy See’s position, stating that atomic energy must only be used for peaceful purposes
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis will attend a meeting of religious leaders in Kazakhstan in September where he hopes to meet the Russian Orthodox Patriarch with the idea of talking for peace in Ukraine
Europe Vatican City A call for all migrant workers to have rights as workers, regardless of their immigration status, comes in the last bulletin of the Migrants and Refugees section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis appointed three women to the Dicastery for Bishops, the first time women have been appointed to the Dicastery responsible for identifying future bishops globally
Europe Vatican City The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See announces that the Holy See sells a property in 60 Sloane Avenue in London, UK
Europe Vatican City The 10th World Meeting of Families closes today: 7 catechesis and 7 short films telling stories of pain, rebirth and faith, promoted by the Diocese of Rome and the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, have prepared the event